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Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
Time: | 01:04 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HZ278 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | shallows at Saedden near Esbjerg -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kirmington |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Coned by searchlights including Scheinwerfer 'Bruno' of the 6./MAA 204 for 2 minutes, hit by Flak of the 1., 2. & 6./MAA 204.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: the Danish Belts
Call Sign: AS-N
Takeoff time: 20:49
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Lawrence Maurice Clark RCAF J/20082 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles RCAF R/123266 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer John Anthony Dalton RCAF J/20887 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Hugh Archibald MacEachen RCAF R/104348 [Killed]
Sergeant Horace Reginald Fisher RCAF R/95749 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430050.shtml Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2018 17:04 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
02-Nov-2018 18:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
28-Apr-2024 06:55 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |